Among those with compression fractures, outcomes of disability, back pain, and progression of anterior body compression were similar among those treated without a brace or with soft or rigid braces.

ROSEMONT, Ill.--Compression fractures in the spine due to osteoporosis, a common condition causing progressive bone loss and increased fracture risk, are especially common in older women. A new ...

Patients with spinal compression fractures who were braced to treat their injury had comparable pain, function and healing outcomes to those in patients who did not wear a brace for the same ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in the front part of a spinal bone that causes the bone to collapse. This can lead to sudden back pain, especially with movement.

Nearly 700,000 men and women suffer from a spinal compression fracture each year. These fractures, which for the most part are stable fractures occurring on the front or anterior of the spine, are ...

The majority of fractures heal with pain medication, reduction in activity, medications to stabilize bone density, and a good stiff close-fitting back brace. Most people can return to their ...

FONTANA, Calif. -- Denny Hamlin has been diagnosed with a compression fracture in his lower back following a crash on the last lap of Sunday's Auto Club 400.

Depending on your health, you may be at a higher risk for minor bone fractures. In this edition of ‘Health in Focus’, we talk with from about spinal compression fractures, and who is at risk ...

If pain does occur, it tends to be sudden and can be severe. For most people over the age of 50, a compression fracture is considered for any sudden onset of back pain.